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Joshing the Janito 

A Humorous Sketch in One Act 
For Two Male Characters 



By 
CHESTER A. GRIFFIN 



NOTICE 

This play is published for the free use of amateur players and 
organizations only. Professional actors or companies producing 
it in any form or under any title, without the permission of the 
author, who may be addressed in care of the publishers, will be 
prosecuted to the full extent of the law. 



BOSTON 

WALTER H. BAKER & CO. 
1919 



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Joshing the Janitor 



CHARACTERS 

Sam, a colored janitor. 
Jones, a business man. 



COSTUMES 

Sam. Modern overalls and colored shirt. 
Jones. An ordinary business suit. 




Copyright, 19 19, by Walter H. Baker & Co. 



m 2o 1919 
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Joshing the Janitor 



SCENE. — Jones' office. A simple business office setting, 
with table or desk, chairs, etc., is suggested. Use local 
names wherever possible. There are many oppor- 
tunities. 

(Sam is discovered sweeping; Jones enters.) 

Jones. Hello, Sam! Haven't seen you lately. 
Where've you been for a week back ? 

Sam. Weak back! Ah am* had no weak back, sah. 
Ah's bin sick abaid. 

Jones. Sick abed! Come, come, Sam, that won't 
wash ! Unless I'm greatly mistaken, I saw you two or 
three days ago running past the block like a house afire. 

Sam. Yes, sah. Ah reckon dat mus' 'a' bin when 
Ah was runnin' fo' de doctah, sah. 

Jones. Well, Sam, what was the trouble with you? 

Sam. It war rheumatiz, sah. 

Jones. Rheumatism, eh? That's bad. Ever have it 
before? 

Sam. No, sah. An' Ah didn't hab it befo' dis time. 
(Rubbing his thighs.) Ah had it behin'. 

Jones. I see. Something in the nature of sciatica or 
lumbago, eh ? 

Sam. No, sah. 'Twarn't sky attic an' it warn't plum- 
bago. It war exclamatory rheumatiz, sah ! 

Jones. Exclamatory ! You mean inflammatory, don't 
you, Sam? 

Sam. No, s?n, Ah means exclamatory. 

Jones. But look here, Sam. The word " exclama- 



4 JOSHING THE JANITOR 

tory M Has nothing whatever to do with rheumatism. It 
means " crying out." 

Sam. Well, dat's what Ah was doin' all de time Ah 
had it. 

Jones. Did you do anything for it, Sam? 

Sam. Yes, sah. Ah rubbed on some of dis yere good- 
natured alcohol, an' den de doctah gimme some powder 
for medicine an* says to take as much as Ah could get on 
a dime. 

Jones. Well, I suppose you followed the doctor's in- 
structions to the letter, didn't you? 

Sam. He didn't write no letter, sah. He 

Jones. Well, well, you did just as he said, didn't 
you — took as much as you could get on a ten-cent piece, 
I suppose? 

Sam. Yes, sah. Only Ah didn't hab no dime, so Ah 
used as much as Ah could get on a couple ob nickels. 
Pow'ful hard on a feller, though, habbin' to jump 'roun' 
so much when he has de rheumatiz. 

Jones. Jump around! What do you mean by that? 

Sam. Why, de Doc says to take de medicine two 
nights runnin' an' skip de third night. Ah did it, but it 
nearly killed me. 

Jones. Well, Sam, the next time you have rheuma- 
tism, don't you bother with any doctors. Just come to 
me and I'll give you something for it. 

Sam. Look here, boss, de nex' time Ah has rheumatiz, 
you can hab it fer nuffin'. 

Jones. But joking aside, Sam, you can't afford to run 
to the doctor for every little thing. Why, I swallowed a 
penny once, but I didn't worry or bother with a doctor. 
I coughed it up and came out all right. 

Sam. Dat's nuffin'. I swallered a nickel once, went 
to Doc Squills an' he made me cough up two dollars. 

Jones. You think considerable of Dr. Squills, don't 
you, Sam? 

Sam. Laws, yes! Why shouldn't Ah ? We had him 
when mah mudder-'n-law died. 

Jones. Yes ? 

Sam. Yes, sah. Minute she was taken sick, Ah sent 



JOSHING THE JANITOR 5 

a telegram: " Deah Doctah: Mah wife's mtidder's lyin' 
at death's door. Please come an' see if you can pull her 
through. " 

Jones. Speaking of your wife's mother, Sam, reminds 
me that I heard your wife's brother was in the hospital. 

Sam. Yes, sah. He's got a broken arm, a sprained 
ankle, a wrenched hip, an' a bad case of housemaid's 
knee. 

Jones. Goodness gracious! How did he get that 
way? 

Sam. Well, you see, his wife's been all de time 
a-naggin' him, an' he done say a number ob times he 
gwine to beat her up fo' it. 

Jones. Yes, yes, go on! 

Sam. Well, de odder day she done heah him, dat's all. 

Jones. Well, Sam, I'm glad you're not married to 
that sort of a woman. 

Sam. No, sah. Mah wife's awful onreasonable, 
though. 

Jones. Unreasonable, Sam? How's that? 

Sam. Well, day befo' yest'day she ask me fo* five 
dollar. An' yest'day she ask me fo' five dollar mo'. An* 
dis mohnin' she ask me fo' five dollar mo'. 

Jones. Why, what on earth could she want with all 
that money ? 

Sam. Ah dunno. Darn her, Ah didn't gib her none. 
An' say! She sho' got me into trouble de odder day. 
She went to work an' lef de do' to de hen-house wide 
open. 

Jones. Why, that ought not to have done any harm. 
The hens would have come home all right. 

Sam. Dat's jus' de trouble. Dem hens all went home. 
An' de feller what owned 'em finds whar dey been an' has 
me pinched. 

Jones. I believe I did hear something about that. 
You came up before Judge Cheatem, didn't you? 

Sam. Yes, sah. Jedge ask me did Ah want a lawyer, 
an' Ah says, No, Ah didn't need one, Ah was goin' to tell 
de troof dis time. An' say ! 

Jones. Well ? 



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Sam. Mali brudder works up to Vermont to Sears 
Roebuck's monument factory, an* dey got out a grabe- 
stone 'speshully fo' lawyers. 

Jones. Especially for lawyers ? 

Sam. Yes, sah. An' it's got an awful pretty verse 
on it. It says, " Here lies a lawyer for de las' time." 

Jones. Well, you mustn't be too hard on our lawyers, 
Sam. You must remember that we get most of our 
public speakers from the legal profession. 

Sam. Not all ob 'em, you don't. Not bohn o'atahs 
like Art Hawkins. 

Jones. Born orators ! What do you mean by " born 
orators," Sam? 

Sam. Well, you see, it's jus' like dis: A common man 
says, " Las' night it stopped rainin' about six, an' den de 
win' came up." But if a bohn o'atah like Art wants to 
say a thing like dat, he sticks one han' in his ves', t'rows 
back his haid, an' says, "As de las' rays ob de dyin' orb 
ob day faintly elucidates de western horizum, de gentle 
showers cease to seek de boozum ob ol' earth, an' out ob 
de eas', sighin' like a troubled soul, comes de gentle 
zephyr ob de night." Yes, sah, Art, he's shuah some 
o'atah. 

Jones. Well, Sam, even Art will have to hand it to the 
ladies when it comes to talking. 

Sam. Yes, sah. Dose wimmen am shuah dere when 
it come to de chin music. Say, did you see about dat 
race ob wimmen dey descobbered in Af riky ? 

Jones. Why, no, Sam. To what race of women do 
you refer? 

Sam. Why, dey wuz a race ob mad women, an' dey 
didn't hab no tongues. 

Jones. No tongues! Why, how in the world could 
they talk? 

Sam. Dey couldn't. Dat's what made 'em mad. 
Say ! Did you know dat Ah didn't speak to mah wife fo' 
six months arter we got married ? 

Jones. What, a quarrel so soon as that after you were 
married? 

Sam, No, sah, nuffin' like dat. Ah jus' didn't like to 



JOSHING THE JANITOR J 

interrupt her, dat's all. {Pause.) Yes, sah, mah wife's 
some talker. De odder night Ah was a little late gettin' 
home, an' soon's as Ah got inter de house, she started 
a- j a win' me. 

Jones. You and she had a few words, eh? 

Sam. No, sah. She had 'em all. Ah had a few, but 
Ah didn't get no chance to use 'em. 

Jones. Well, what did you do? 

Sam. Why, jus' tumbled inter bed an' went ter sleep. 

Jones. And that was the end of it? 

Sam. Not much it warn't. 'Long 'bout two 'clock Ah 
woke up an' she was still a-hummin'. 

Jones. And you went right back to sleep, I suppose. 

Sam. No, sah. Ah says, " What, Hannah, again or 
yet?" 

Jones. Sam, if my wife had treated me like that, I 
should have enlisted. 

Sam. You would, eh? 

Jones. I surely would! Why didn't you join the 
army, Sam? 

Sam. What, with all dat fightin' goin' on? You must 
think Ah was crazy. 

Jones. Nonsense, Sam. There isn't so much danger 
in the army as you think. Take the aviation service, for 
instance. There's a branch where a fellow is practically 
certain to rise. 

Sam. Uh-huh ! I doan' t'ink ! An' when you gits 
five or six miles in de air an' de ingine stops, dey'll say, 
" Hey, nigger, git out dar an' crank dat ar flivver ! " 

Jones. Well, Sam, I'm glad to see you wearing a Lib- 
erty Loan button, even if you didn't see your way clear to 
enlist. 

Sam. Yes, sah. Mah brudder Steve been payin' fo' 
Liberty Bonds de las' five year. 

Jones. Five years! You mean five months, don't 
you? 

Sam. No, sah, five years ! On'y he calls it " payin' 
alimony," 'stead of Liberty Bonds. 

Jones. Oh, I see; Steve and Cindy separated, did 
they? I suppose Steve has to pay his alimony pretty: 
regularly ? 



8 JOSHING THE JANITOR 

Sam. Yes, sah. Steve, he skipped payin' twice, but 
Cindy, she threatened to come back to him if he didn't 
pay right on de nail. See mah odder badge, sah ? Dat's 
mah Carnegie hero medal. 

Jones. Carnegie hero medal, Sam? Why, those are 
awarded for some notable act of bravery, aren't they ? 

Sam. Well, dat's how Ah got mine. Ah took it away 
from a feller bigger'n mahse'f . Say ! 

Jones. Well ? 

Sam. Well, Ah went into de Crescent Cafe de odder 
night fo' a feed. 

Jones. Well, you got it, didn't you ? 

Sam. No, sah, Ah didn't. 

Jones. Why, what was the difficulty ? 

Sam. Well, Ah told de waitah Ah wanted some oys- 
tahs, an' he yelled " One stew ! " Ah thought he was 
talkin' 'bout me, an' Ah wouldn't stan' fo' it. No, sah, 
not one minute! 

Jones. Well, did you clean out the place ? 

Sam. No, sah. Yo' see, dey jus' natchally set me out 
on de sidewalk, sah. 

Jones. You must have been offended, Sam. 

Sam. Ah was. Ah nebber felt so put out in all mah 
life. (Pause; Sam whistles.) 

Jones. By the way, Sam, didn't I hear that you sang 
a bit? 

Sam. Yes, sah. An' Ah plays de bass drum, too, sah. 

Jones. Well, well, you're some musician, sure. How 
long has it been troubling you ? 

Sam. Oh, I showed symptoms ob it at a very early 
age, sah. 

Jones. How was that? 

Sam. Well, you see, mah dad was a slave down souf, 
befo' de war, an' 

Jones. And after the war he was free, eh ? 

Sam. No, sah, not much he warn't. 

Jones. What ! You mean to tell me that your father 
didn't regain his freedom after the Civil War ? 

Sam. No, sah, arter de war he got married. Den he 
went to lib on a farm 'longside de Miss'sippi. Well, one 



JOSHING THE JANITOR 9 

year de ribber went on a rampage, an' we had a big flood. 
An' our house washed away an' us kids floated down de 
ribber on de furniture. Mah brudder grabbed de dinin'- 
room table an' used it fo' a raf. 

Jones. Well, this is all very interesting, but just what 
has it to do with your precociousness as a musical genius ? 

Sam. Why, Ah accompanied him on de pianner. 

Jones. Well, Sam, if we can get some one to accom- 
pany you on the piano, you might give us that song you 
are rehearsing for the Grange entertainment. 

(Sam selects an accompanist from the audience, and 
as he begins to sing Jones exits. Song need not be 
coon song. Any popular or topical song will do. 
After song Sam exits.) 



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Price, 25 cents 

CHARACTERS 

Joseph Billings, mill owner and Gwendolyn Smith, her niece. 

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Five males, three females. Scene, an interior; costumes, modem 
Plays forty minutes. Beverly, a patent lawyer, custodian o," certain 
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An Entertainment in Six Scenes 
Freely adapted from Edward Everett Hale's celebrated story 
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This version of perhaps the most stimulating piece of fiction in the 
language calls literally for forty-six male and five female characters, but 
being presented, necessarily, in six scenes representing six different 
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the mind of the spectator, chiefly concerned with the wonderful patriotic 
message of the text. The costumes are largely naval uniforms; the time 
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Price, 25 cents 

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( Tabloid Version) 
An Entertainment in Four Scenes 
Condensed from Dr. Hale's well-known story for the use of 
eighth grade pupils in schools 
By Ellen S/iyne 
This version of Dr. Hale's narrative has been specially prepared for the 
use of younger children and has been boiled down to the smallest bulk that 
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petently. In the same volume will be found : 

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An Entertainment for Churches or Societies 
By Jessie A. Kelley 
This consists of full suggestions for an original Church Fair and Sale 
with complete instructions as to details of costumes, arrangement of 
booths and all other particulars. Not a stage entertainment. Originally 
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Price, both in one volume, ij cents 



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Six males, three females. Scene, an interior ; costumes s modem. 

Plays an hour and a half. Budd Stone, going through college on money 

supplied at a great sacrifice by his father, has won, in the character of a 

rich student, the regard of Zelda Saunders. When he is asked to give 

back the unused balance of this fund to help his devoted father pay the 

mortgage on the farm, he refuses rather than lose his degree and possibly 

his girl. The father, attempting to recover the money despite the son's 

refusal, is taken for a thief, and matters thus come to a climax, /til enas 

weii. Very interesting and recommended for college performance. 

Price, 25 cents 

CHARACTERS 
Bill Rendall, Sophomore, Mr. Stone, Budd's dad. 

Peanut Jones, Freshman. Geraldine Harris, aristocrat. 

Budd Stone, Junior. Zelda Saunders, the girl. 

Ted Willis, Senior. Mrs. Brownley, chaperon. 

Professor "Johnny " Miller. 

SYNOPSIS 
Act I. A fraternity study. Early afternoon, 
Act II. Evening of the same day. 
Act III. Two-thirty the next morning. 
Act IV. Nine o'clock of the same morning. 



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A Platform Entertainment 
By Elvie Kimball Macoy 
Five males, twenty-four females. Scenery, unimportant ; costumes, 
fancy. Plays twenty minutes at most. Introducing Columbia, Uncle 
Sam, Spirit of '76, Betsy Ross, Liberty, Barbara Frietchie and other pa- 
triotic figures in a series of tableaux accompanied by readings in verse. 
Very timely and easy to produce. 

Price, 15 cents 



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An Entertainment in One Act 
By Jessie A. Kclley 
Twenty-two characters, more or less, male and female. Scenery un- 
necessary; costumes, fancy. Plays forty-five minutes. An entertainment 
pf the twelve months intended to be used in connection with a sale Qi 
iftir, Very picturesque and easy to get up. 
Price, iji cents 



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A Play for Children in Two Acts 
By Mary Willard Keyes 
Five male, ten female characters ; some of the parts may be taken by 
either boys or girls. Scenery natural ; if produced indoors, easily ar- 
ranged or largely dispensed with. Costumes, simple. Plays an hour and 
a quarter. A very pretty play for children, not at all difficult, wholly 
suited for performance by Girl Scouts or by summer camping parties. Its 
very graceful and interesting story inculcates a love of outdoor life and 
consideration for animals and flowers, but it is never didactic in effect and 
is always thoroughly entertaining. Alicia and Nancy, rambling upon the 
mountain on Midsummer Day, are given a glimpse of Fairyland and its 
secrets and take away from their experience some very valuable lessons-. 
A small royalty of #5.00 is asked for its performance. 
Price, 25 cents 

CHARACTERS 

Alicia, a girl of fourteen. Dryad of the Beech. 

Nancy, about the same age. Dryad of the White Birch. 

Father Mountain. Dryad of the Pine. 

Lycinthia, a water nymph. Mirabel ) ^ , . . 

Farael, guardian of the birds. Briar Rose J Jlowet J ames - 

Dorian, guardian of the little Fire Sprite. 

wild beasts. Br eeze. 



Fungus Dod 
Fungus Tod 



elves. 



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A Comedy in One Act 
By Charles C Mather 
Three males, three females. Costumes, modern ; scene, an interior, 
Plays thirty minutes. Mel Treman cannot decide which of two girls he 
wants to marry, and proposing to both in turn, is surprised to be rejected 
by both. Before he recovers from the shock, number one telephones that 
she has changed her mind, and the next mail brings word from the other 
that she too will be his. How he gets out of it is the story of a very 
funny play. Highly recommended. 

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A Play in One Act 

By Charles C. Mather 

Three males, five females. Costumes of the Revolution ; scene s an 

easy exterior. Plays twenty minutes. Jonathan Fisher, the bearer of 

dispatches for General Washington, faces capture by the British but is 

rescued by a clever ruse by five patriotic girls. Can be recommended. 

Price, ij cents 



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A Farce in Three Acts 
By Manley Dana 
Five males, four females. Scenery, a single interior; costumes, mod- 
ern. Plays an hour and a half. Parts very equal in opportunity ; col- 
ored comedy character. Recommended for schools. Jack Carter, a sales* 
man, is mistaken by Colonel Reading for his nephew, the Duke of Bills- 
bury, and is entertained in spite of his protests. Jack explains the situ- 
ation to detective Herbert, who is really a crock seeking a chance to rob 
the house, and Herbert agrees to help Jack, and incidentallydiimself, by 
keeping the real Duke away while Jack vvoos the Colonel's daughter. 
The genuine Duke finally gets in, foils the attempt at burglary, and forces 
an explanation. 

Price, 25 cents 

CHARACTERS 
Colonel George Reading, lately retired from the army. 
William Burndette, Duke of Billsbury — his nephew. 
Jack Carter, a traveling salesman. 
Charles Herbert, a confidence man. 
Abner, the Readings colored butler. 
Marjorie Reading, the Colonel's daughter. 
Virginia Carter, Jack's sister. 
Mrs. Hinds, the Readings' housekeeper. 
Maggie, the Readings maid. 

Scene. — The Colonel's house, Richmond, Va. 
Time. — September, 1912. 

JACK O' HEARTS 

A Comedy in Three Acts 
By Edith M. Burrows 
Four males, four females. Costumes, modern; scenery, a single in- 
terior. Plays an hour and a quarter. Parts evenly distributed ; an ex- 
cellent light piece. John Ames, a young clergyman friend of Polly's 
brother, is mistaken for an expected relative and given by Polly a cousinly 
kiss. An astonishing number of amusing consequences follow from this 
mishap. Exceptionally easy, quick in movemer* and amusing. Recom 
mended. 

Price, ij cents 

CHARACTERS 
Mary Hart, commonly knoivn as "Polly.*'' 
Winthrop Hart, her brother. 
Dr. Hart, father of Polly and Winthrop. 
Mary Robinson, a friend of Polly s. 
Betty Dwyer, the girl zvho lives next door. 
John Awes, young clergyman friend of Winthrop* s. 
Jack Botsford, an unknown cousin of the Harts'* 
A Maid. 



THE BOY SCOUTS 

A Play for Boys in Three Acts 

By Walter Ben Hare 

Twenty males. Scenery, unimportant ; costumes, scout and modern. 
Plays two hours. Worth refuses to vote for Tony as a new scout because 
the latter is poor, but Tony shows in the end that he is a true scout and 
wins his election. This simple motive underlies lots of characteristic fun 
and stunts, and offers as a whole a very vigorous and sympathetic picture 
of the Boy Scout practices, motives, and ideals. Strongly recommended. 
Price, 25 cents 

CHARACTERS 

Stewart Nipper, known as Nip. 

Fred Tuck, known as Tuck. 

Dick Randolph, the patrol leader. 

Worthington Leonard, a rich boy. 

Tony Ardis, a poor boy. 

Jakie Stein, with business instincts. 

Chubby Childs, who don't care if he is fat. 

Watermelon Jackson, a lazy coon. 

Mrs. Watermelon Jackson, and her seven little coons. (May fa 

omitted. ) 
Lippy Scudder, who thinks he's a hero. 
Bub Waldron, going on seven. 
Jack Hall, assistant patrol leader. 
Plupy Higgins, who likes to study. 
Lee Waldron, wne athlete. 
Tom Redway, who plays the piano. 
Shorty, Harry, Charley, Will and Frank, other Boy Scouts. 

SYNOPSIS 

Act I. — The meeting of the Boy Scouts of America. Nip and 
Tuck. 
Act II.— A rehearsal in the gym. The stunts of the Scouts. 
Act III.— -Same as Act I. Swearing in the new tenderfoot. 



AUNT ABIGAIL AND THE BOYS 

A Farce in One Act 

By Lillie Fuller Merriam 

Nine males, two females. Scene, an interior ; costumes, modern. 
Plays one hour. Aunt Abigail, who hates boys, visits Gerald in college 
and finding him dressed in female costume for theatricals takes him for 
his sister Geraldine. Things are badly mixed up when his friends turn 
up and see the situation, but in the end Aunty is wholly cured of her 
dislike for the " boys." Lively and amusing ; recommended for school^ 
Price, is cents 



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